Sparking students interest in STEM early is critical and Neuranext’s highly engaging interactive incursions effectively introduce students to the science and technology behind Artificial Intelligence. How do self driving cars see? How do robots balance without falling or bumping into things? How do I know is something is an A.I. fake or not? Will A.I. take over the world?

All of these questions are answered with live practical examples. Students are asked to drive the race track with an old remote control car, using their brain, like every car driver in Australia, then we see if we can apply what we have learnt about how A.I. Computer Vision works to get a self driving car to autonomously drive the track on it’s own. Sometimes it doesn’t work too well and we explore what is happening with the data and see if we can correct the problem.

Students are themselves the data for our live computer vision A.I. object detection and human pose estimation, sparking questions about what is going on with the mathematics when they notice their friends aren’t the same percentage of a person as they are.

Neuranext brings the latest in cutting edge A.I. powered robotics into the school, showcasing robotic capabilities like computer vision, balancing when knocked, LIDAR for obstacle avoidance, GPT Vision and Humanoid walking. We question students about the use cases for these tools now that they are no longer science fiction, getting them thinking about how they may solve problems in society and industry.

We explore generative A.I. and demonstrate how students must alter their critical thinking in a world of fake media as well as showcasing what young people can create on their own with these tools.

Our Careers Industry partner is Harrison.AI, a world leading A.I. Radiology company based in Sydney. Their Asia Pacific Leader Tony Saliba discusses with students the kind of skill sets employers in the A.I. space are looking for, both technical and soft skills. Tony gives them concrete steps they can take to engage with employers and this leads into the A.I. Microskills and Certifications Neuranext links students with.

Research from Oxford Economic Papers has shown that if a job applicant has an official A.I. Certification on the front page of their resume their job interview rate nearly doubles! Neuranext leaves students with these actionable, free and online certifications to begin their A.I. learning journey.

It doesn’t matter what career your students may be interested in, Artificial Intelligence is going to play a role and ensuring students are engaged and skilled up around the technology will boost their career prospects.

Schools receive ongoing access to Neuranext’s online learning resources to build upon the learning with students.

This incursion is focused on student understanding of the key scientific and technology of Artificial Intelligence and not a how to use A.I. tools in school guide.